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Arkansas-Little Rock wins Sun Belt title; Oakland takes Summit crown

Keith Benson scored 28 points and Reggie Hamilton had 26 points to lead Oakland, Mich., past Oral Roberts 90-76 on Tuesday night to repeat as the Summit League champion and clinch a berth in the NCAA tournament.

Craion helps Oral Roberts deal No. 12 New Mexico first defeat

Michael Craion had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Dominique Morrison scored 17 points and Oral Roberts handed No. 12 New Mexico its first loss of the season, 75-66 on Wednesday night.

Oral Roberts remembered as charismatic leader

Thousands of mourners have packed an auditorium to remember the life of evangelist Oral Roberts.

After death, Oral Roberts' hand still felt at university

The hands evangelist Oral Roberts used to heal thousands of people will still help guide the university he founded nearly a half-century ago, even after his death, his followers believe.

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Obama supporter helps Bachmann get out the vote in Iowa

3d 18h agoMPR | Minnesota Public Radio
short break at Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's Iowa campaign headquarters. Townsend and 41 classmates from Oral Roberts University are in Des Moines knocking on doors, making telephone calls and otherwise lending support to Bachmann's presidential

Tulsans make resolutions for 2012

3d 8h agoTulsa World
"Exercise more." "Save up enough money to have my entire body liposuctioned." One of those might be your resolution for the new year, if you're into making them each Dec. 31. But all three are among the resolutions we culled from 100 Tulsans, whose an

Bachmann tells helpers there is no need to worry

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in the upcoming debates,” she said. Many of the volunteers came from the college Republicans group at her alma mater, Oral Roberts University. Sonny Branham, an assistant professor of government, led the group of 42 students to Iowa from Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday. “These

ORU students to help Bachmann in Iowa

5d 7h agoTulsa World
or liked on Facebook at Students for Bachmann 2012. GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is a graduate of Oral Roberts University's now-closed O.W. Coburn College of Law. Bachmann was a member of the school's first enrolling class in 1979. With a

Old evangelist witnessed history

8d 14h agoLondon Free Press
SARNIA - A 108-year-old preacher, who was Charlie Chaplin’s chauffeur and Joan Crawford’s butler, spent Christmas in Sarnia in the midst of an international “missions crusade.” Otis Clark, who will turn 109 on Feb. 13, is travelling with his daughter Gwy

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Evangelist, university founder Oral Roberts dies at 91

By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY

Oral Roberts, the entrepreneurial evangelist known to millions by catchphrases such as "expect a miracle," and by the Oklahoma university bearing his name, died Tuesday at age 91.

Suit against Oral Roberts dismissed

A judge has dismissed all claims in a lawsuit against Oral Roberts University by a former school accountant who said he was ordered to "cook the books."

Ex-Oral Roberts prez offered severance package

By Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press Writer

The former president of Oral Roberts University, who stepped down amid allegations he misspent school funds to live in luxury, is being offered a severance package but university officials won't divulge its terms.

AP IMPACT: Relatives of televangelist prosper

By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer

Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper.

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